Ankara Metropolitan Municipality continues the construction works of 'Kusunlar Memorial Park' in Mamak district. With the park to be established on an area of 25 thousand square meters, the Republican Period work 'Kusunlar Underground Catchment', which was built to meet the water needs of the increasing population after Ankara became the Capital, will be brought to the surface and introduced to the citizens of the Capital.
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality continues its works to bring to light the historical areas of the capital with tourism potential and to explain their spiritual value.
The Environmental Protection and Control Department continues the construction of the 'Kusunlar Memorial Park', which was established on an area of 25 thousand square meters in order to introduce the 'Kusunlar Underground Catchment', which was established to carry drinking water to Ankara after it became the Capital, to the people of the Capital.
YAVAŞ: “WE ARE HISTORY OF OUR CITY”
Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş, who noted that they are continuing their work for the unearthing of the Historical Kusunlar Underground Catchment with his social media accounts, said, "With Ankara becoming the Capital, we are bringing the 'Historical Kusunlar Underground Catchment' to light, one of the works of the Republican Period, which was built for the water needs of the increasing population. With the Kusunlar Memorial Park, which we will complete in a month, we are protecting the history of our city while providing green space to the people of Ankara.”
17 THOUSAND WIRELESS GREEN AREA
Landscape Architect Ceren Gülen, who is in charge of the Environmental Protection and Control Department, stated that 25 thousand square meters of the park, which was created on an area of 17 thousand square meters, will be green areas and gave the following information about the works:
“Here, we are working on converting our mains water line, which has existed since ancient times, into a parking area. We have 25 thousand square meters of green space within an area of approximately 17 thousand square meters. There will be seating groups, a decorative children's playground and gazebos in the park. We will have 2 bridges in the park in order to combine the 2 parcels and to pass the citizens over the stream and include them in the area. One of them is the old bridge here, and the other is our new wooden bridge. In addition to these, there will be our orchard with 5 types of fruit trees behind our park. Approximately 600 trees and 5 thousand bushes will be planted in the area. In addition, we will position an entrance jewel symbolizing the underground catchment at our main entrance, where there is a parking lot for 40 vehicles.
FROM 1920s to 2020s
Located in the Kusunlar District of the Mamak district and having an older history than the Çubuk-1 Dam, the 'Kusunlar Underground Catchment' is a facility created to meet the water needs of the rapidly increasing population after Ankara became the Capital. The catchment, the construction of which began in 1926, was completed in 1931 and still maintains its functionality today.
With the 'Kusunlar Memorial Park' built on the catchment of historical value, ABB will both introduce the facility to the people of the Capital and the region will gain a brand new green area.